Citizens working to gather the approval of a significant proportion of the population thus triggering a referendum by the larger population to decide a contentious matter is the acme of Stalinist totalitarianism.

Citizens working to gather the approval of a significant proportion of the population thus triggering a referendum by the larger population to decide a contentious matter is the acme of Stalinist totalitarianism.

Yep, because anything that is not approved by Lord Koch and his friends and Fox news is "socialist". Including things like encyclopedias.

I'm not particularly surprised. The next governor's term in office will look pretty similar to Obama's: being blamed for the consequences of your predecessor's policies, being blamed for not cleaning up your predecessor's mess fast enough, dealing with a (probably) opposition state legislature, dealing with the inevitable recall election...

qorkfiend:I'm not particularly surprised. The next governor's term in office will look pretty similar to Obama's: being blamed for the consequences of your predecessor's policies, being blamed for not cleaning up your predecessor's mess fast enough, dealing with a (probably) opposition state legislature, dealing with the inevitable recall election...

The Democratic Party: Cleaning Up After Voters' Shiatty Decisions Since 1945

Humph. I just wasted all my Walker bashing in the other thread. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Walker turns down Federal funds for a rail project in Wisconsin citing maintenance costs. The costs of abandoning the project are far greater than the maintenance costs. Wisconsin, not being an island in the Pacific, is surrounded by other states that would love to work together on rail projects for better connectivity, but Wisconsin doesn't want to play because Walker acts like they are an island in the Pacific. Talgo, the maker of the trains for the rail project, files a lawsuit against the state for not fulfilling their contract by, you know, paying for the trains that they've already built.

This is your Governor, Wisconsin. You've blown a huge wad and got nothing for it except a lawsuit. Congrats.

MindStalker:In a race that is a good 8 months away from needing to announce your intentions, no one has announced their intentions. Shocking.

It's closer than 8 months away, but I do agree that it's still a little early for people to be jumping into the race. That said, if no one really does want to run against Scott Walker, the Democrats will bring someone in from outside the State. They always do in situations like these.

Who would want to take the blame for the inevidible economic collapse of Wisconsin?

No one. Walker will probably retire himself than face the outcome of his own decisions. And yet, Republicans in the state will still either ignore objective reality, or blame Democrats anyway for their own policies.

Deflection, Projection, and Hypocrisy, the three pillars of a modern conservative.

Let them have it. We've already turned over the keys to the Koch brothers to rule as they will. Let's hear them out. Wisconsin can serve as a towering monument to the success of public services through privatization. Let us all see how they would "run the country as a business" to better serve us all, by giving them a state to prove it.

Wisconsin has been under Koch rule for quite a while now. Businesses and right-minded Americans must be flocking to the state in droves, yes?

EyeballKid:qorkfiend: I'm not particularly surprised. The next governor's term in office will look pretty similar to Obama's: being blamed for the consequences of your predecessor's policies, being blamed for not cleaning up your predecessor's mess fast enough, dealing with a (probably) opposition state legislature, dealing with the inevitable recall election...

The Democratic Party: Cleaning Up After Voters' Shiatty Decisions Since 1945

Do you live in Wisconsin? Doyle was just as bad, if not worse than, Walker.

And now Guv. Fetal Alcohol Face is flexing his small-government ideology by signing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to get a govt-mandated ultrasound. Because he's opposed to govt involvement in health care.

As a Marxist, there was nothing communist about that recall election. That was the path of least resistance. If it were a genuine commie move it would have been a general strike and an occupation of the statehouse by workers, not a shiatty recall election.

Soup4Bonnie:Humph. I just wasted all my Walker bashing in the other thread. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Walker turns down Federal funds for a rail project in Wisconsin citing maintenance costs. The costs of abandoning the project are far greater than the maintenance costs. Wisconsin, not being an island in the Pacific, is surrounded by other states that would love to work together on rail projects for better connectivity, but Wisconsin doesn't want to play because Walker acts like they are an island in the Pacific. Talgo, the maker of the trains for the rail project, files a lawsuit against the state for not fulfilling their contract by, you know, paying for the trains that they've already built.

This is your Governor, Wisconsin. You've blown a huge wad and got nothing for it except a lawsuit. Congrats.

A year after huge commie fail in Wisconsin Governor recall race, Democrats can't find any one to run against Scott Walker in 2014 sane people that still want to live in Wisconsin, much less clean up Walker's ginormous clusterf*ck.

Jesus what a page full of derp. The election isn't for another year and a half (almost). We just got done with the presidential contest. At least let's get through the 2013 races before we go full retard on 2014.

But then again, any reason to point fingers at the other "team" right wingnuts?

I'm from Florida, so I know about living under a shiatty governor. Having said that, I can only feel as much pity for the people of Wisconsin as I can for myself, which is little to none.

If Rick Scott gets elected again, it'll be my fault and the fault of anyone like me, because though I can't stand him or anything he stands for, I honestly am not motivated enough to go out of my way to knock on doors, make phone calls, or in any way interact with the other assholes that live here to convince them not to shoot themselves repeatedly in the chest and face with their ballot. Whether it's because I don't have the time, I don't care enough, or I just don't like other people that much, I own that and I live with it.

Same goes for you, Wisconsinites. If Walker wins again, you'll just have to come to terms with the fact that it's your own damn fault.

Soup4Bonnie:Humph. I just wasted all my Walker bashing in the other thread. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Walker turns down Federal funds for a rail project in Wisconsin citing maintenance costs. The costs of abandoning the project are far greater than the maintenance costs. Wisconsin, not being an island in the Pacific, is surrounded by other states that would love to work together on rail projects for better connectivity, but Wisconsin doesn't want to play because Walker acts like they are an island in the Pacific. Talgo, the maker of the trains for the rail project, files a lawsuit against the state for not fulfilling their contract by, you know, paying for the trains that they've already built.

This is your Governor, Wisconsin. You've blown a huge wad and got nothing for it except a lawsuit. Congrats.

Was it just me or did everyone read that paragraph in Inigo Montoya voice?

Wisconsin is now 49th in job creation while just about every other state has shown a marked improvement in this rebounding economy.

I'm not sure if that qualifies as a "huge commie fail" (whatever the hell that even means), but it certainly indicates a MASSIVE failure of Walker's economic policies. However, considering that Wisconsinites are too racist and stupid to understand how to vote for their best interests, you might be right, Subby. This new status-quo has Wisconsin on the fast-track to becoming the next Mississippi, and considering that's what Wisconsin wanted, they have no right to whine about a damn thing. They bought their tickets, after all. I say, let them burn.

Vodka Zombie:Wisconsin is now 49th in job creation while just about every other state has shown a marked improvement in this rebounding economy.

I'm not sure if that qualifies as a "huge commie fail" (whatever the hell that even means), but it certainly indicates a MASSIVE failure of Walker's economic policies. However, considering that Wisconsinites are too racist and stupid to understand how to vote for their best interests, you might be right, Subby. This new status-quo has Wisconsin on the fast-track to becoming the next Mississippi, and considering that's what Wisconsin wanted, they have no right to whine about a damn thing. They bought their tickets, after all. I say, let them burn.

someonelse:And now Guv. Fetal Alcohol Face is flexing his small-government ideology by signing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to get a govt-mandated ultrasound. Because he's opposed to govt involvement in health care.

I wish that Small Governmenttm would be rephrased to better reflect what it really means: No regulations for businesses, but we're lording over the rest of you.

The Democrats hijacked the direction of the Feburary-March uprising and routed it into attempts to give themselves more power. The mainstream union leadership colluded with them because of their symbiotic relationship, and steered the movement directly off a cliff.I'm not saying that if there had been a strike we would have definitely won; but I am saying that we didn't strike and then we definitely lost.

phaseolus Whoever runs against Walker, I'm knocking on doors for him.

Have fun wasting your time again.

FarkedOverAs a Marxist, there was nothing communist about that recall election. That was the path of least resistance. If it were a genuine commie move it would have been a general strike and an occupation of the statehouse by workers, not a shiatty recall election.

Facts. Although only months later did we realize that we should have occupied the government administration buildings, where the actual work happens, rather than the capitol, which is purely symbolic.

YoungSwedishBlondeYet, here in Minnesota, the economy is doing just fine despite a Democratic governor and Democrat-dominated legislature...

From what I can tell, everyone who should be staying in Wisconsin to fight is fleeing there.

RanDomino:I'm not saying that if there had been a strike we would have definitely won; but I am saying that we didn't strike and then we definitely lost.

If there would have been a strike, you would have lost. People are misinformed enough about unions and their members that a statewide union strike would've driven them further into the arms of Walker and his googly eyes, just to stick it to those "lazy, good-for-nothing union thugs".

It's the same reason why so many stupid people vote for Republicans: because "Democrats bad".